Teo You Yenn
新加坡政府在2014年推出了“建国一代”，今年又推出了“立国一代”的配套。虽然这些配套是对老一代的新加坡人有帮助，但在这个基础上延伸出的是一个更基本的疑问：我们应该如何组织公共资源以满足各种社会需求，并且缓和不平等问题。
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Sharmilla Ganesan
Hanna Alkaf’s novel The Weight of Our Sky is the first Malaysian young adult novel to be published internationally. It also deals with mental illness and the race riots that took place in Kuala Lumpur on 13 May 1969.
Warief Djajanto Basorie
Accused of defaming Islam, former Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama paid the price with a two-year jail sentence. Now free, is Ahok returning to politics reborn or avoiding controversy with a “safe” new career?
Aisyah Llewellyn
This week in Southeast Asia: elections are creeping up on countries around the region, Indonesia grapples with flooding, and Sabah and Sarawak are left hanging waiting for a constitutional amendment in Malaysia.
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Alexandra Radu
Over 4,000 people in Pasir Gudang in Johor have been affected by a chemical dumping disaster in the Kim Kim River. A massive clean-up operation is underway, but it’s not yet clear when the culprits behind the pollution will be held to account.
Ronny Buol
Suaka margasatwa di Indonesia saat ini telah menjadi tempat menarik untuk mengamati spesies yang sedang terancam punah atau sudah di ambang kepunahan. Namun mereka merupakan bukti luasnya perburuan liar dan perdagangan satwa ilegal yang semakin marak terjadi kepulauan Indonesia.
Hathairat Phaholtap, Adriana Manan
Provinsi di selatan dalam Thailand menyaksikan konflik ganas semenjak 2004. Menjelang pilihanraya yang dinanti-nantikan pada bulan ini, aktivis keamanan dan hak asasi manusia bertanding dengan harapan mencapai keamanan melalui proses demokratik.
Daniel Peters
The Singapore debut of Swedish black metal band Watain was abruptly cancelled after a petition by Christians gathered over 17,000 signatures. The cancellation highlights issues of stigma against the sub-culture, and religious influence in the city-state.
Hathairat Phaholtap
Provinces in Thailand’s deep south have been the site of ongoing violent conflict since 2004. With a long-waited election approaching in March, peace and human rights activists are running for office and hoping to seek peace through democratic means.
Aisyah Llewellyn
This week in Southeast Asia: the Trump-Kim summit clears out of Vietnam, streaming is set to come to an end in Singapore's schools, Indonesia commemorates International Women's Day, and big issues will be debated in Malaysia's Parliament.
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Brennan O'Connor
Hundreds of people have sought refuge in the no-man’s land between Mae Sot in Thailand and Myawaddy in Myanmar. Smuggling and trafficking is a common occurrence, but most of the residents are simply struggling to survive in this limbo.
Jolene Tan, Mark Wong, Wong Pei Chi, Nadhir Nor
The Criminal Law Reform Bill introduced in Parliament finally removes marital immunity for rape in Singapore… or has it? Three campaigners who have worked for years on the issue are startled to find that marital immunity will continue to exist for child marriages.
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Ronny Buol, Aisyah Llewellyn
Wildlife reserves in Indonesia have become popular attractions to observe endangered species on the brink of extinction. But the very presence of these rescued animals shows how widespread the problem of illegal wildlife poaching and trade has become across the archipelago.
Didem Tali
Poverty and peaking ethnic tensions fuel human trafficking in Myanmar, putting millions of women and other marginalised groups at risk.
Aisyah Llewellyn
This week: Vietnam's abuzz over the Trump-Kim summit, and Indonesia is caught in election fever, while Singaporeans are left wondering if we're going to have elections this year.
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Andrew Nachemson
After five years of military rule, Thais will finally get to vote on 24 March. But between the adoption of a 2017 constitution and members of the military forming their own party, questions abound as to the fairness of the polls.
George Wright
After surviving the Khmer Rouge, Aun Pheap became one of Cambodia’s most well-respected reporters. Now he is seeking asylum in the US after being forced to flee his country.
Aisyah Llewellyn
This week in Southeast Asia: Vietnam preps for the Trump-Kim Summit, Malaysians await Najib's now-postponed trial, and is Singapore's Budget signalling an early election this year?
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Teirra Kamolvattanavith
Conservative anti-abortion beliefs are commonplace in Thailand and planted into the minds of Thai women from a young age. The stigma around abortion throws up barriers to access for those who need it, and exacts a psychological toll on those who opt for it.
Teguh Harahap
Di Sumatra Utara, seorang mantan tahanan politik (Tapol) menggambarkan bagaimana rasanya dicap sebagai bagian dari komunis serta merasakan “kutukan” Suharto secara langsung.
